Iraq casualty toll rises in October

2011-11-02T03:00:23Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The number of civilians killed in violence in Iraq climbed sharply in October, according to government figures, amid concerns about security after U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to pull out U.S. troops.

Iraqis voice happiness over US withdrawal decision

2011-10-22T08:30:23Z

Iraqis voiced happiness on Saturday over President Barack Obama's declaration that US forces will leave by year-end, but some spoke of concern the pullout could further destabilise their country.

The decision to withdraw all remaining soldiers in the country after nearly nine years of war, and the deaths of more than 4,400 US troops and tens of thousands of Iraqis, came...

US shuts north Iraq division ahead of pullout

2011-10-20T15:30:34Z

The US military closed its north Iraq division on Thursday, leaving 18 bases in the country ahead of a year-end pullout, with Baghdad and Washington still at an impasse over a future troop deal.

The closure of US Division-North was the latest in an operation to reduce Was...

Bomb at Iraq restaurant kills 3, wounds 15: sources

2011-09-22T10:00:13Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in front of a restaurant used by Shi'ite pilgrims in the Iraqi town of Haswa on Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding 15 others, two security sources said.

The blast took place in Haswa, 50 km (30 miles) south of Baghdad, the sources said.

(Reporting by Suadad al-Salhy and

Iraq: Victim or beneficiary of September 11 attacks?

2011-09-09T08:30:15Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Ten years after the hijacked airliner attacks on the United States, Iraqis are swamped in the violent wake of a war launched on a tenuous premise and uncertain if they are headed to democracy or dictatorship.

While the sectarian slaughter that pushed

Pentagon plays down comments on US role in Iraq

2011-08-20T08:30:14Z

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta suggested that Iraq had agreed to keep American troops in the country beyond a 2011 deadline, but Baghdad insisted the issue was still under negotiation.

In an interview with two US newspapers published Friday, Panetta said the Iraqis appeared to have made up their mind to extend the presence of American troo...

Kirkuk joint 'Golden Lions' face uncertain future

2011-08-07T16:30:25Z

Iraqi leaders have trumpeted a joint Arab-Kurdish "Golden Lions" security unit in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk but key issues remain over its funding and expansion.

American troops, who were key to the force's formation in early 2010, have taken a back seat in the combined unit's operations ahead of the planned year-end US pullout.

Senior American officers have voiced concern that the force's mandate has become ...

Eight killed in Iraq violence

2011-08-07T10:30:14Z

Insurgents killed at least six people in a bomb attack on the home of a Shiite family in a mainly Sunni town south of Baghdad on Sunday, part of nationwide violence that left a total of eight dead.

The blast, which occurred in the early morning, also badly damaged a neighbouring home in Iskandiriyah, which lies within a confessionally mixed area known as the Triangle o...

Seven killed in twin west Iraq blasts: police

2011-08-03T15:30:36Z

Twin bomb attacks in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi killed seven people and wounded 13 others on Wednesday evening, part of nationwide violence that left 10 dead, security officials said.

A roadside bomb exploded at around 5:30 pm (1430 GMT) in the south of Ramadi, 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Baghdad, wounding five people, a police officer said, speaking on condition of an...

Three police killed in Baghdad liquor store blasts

2011-08-03T08:30:26Z

Successive bombings targeting an alcohol shop on Baghdad's western outskirts killed three policemen at the beginning of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a security official said on Wednesday.

An Iraqi policeman was also killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) on Wednesday, while an army officer and two members of an anti-Qaeda militia were killed in attacks the day before.

Top US officer presses Iraq for troop decision

2011-08-01T17:30:22Z

Iraq must decide soon if it wants US troops to stay on beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, the top American military officer said during a surprise visit on Monday.

Admiral Mike Mullen, outgoing chairman of the KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - When Iraq's northern Kurdish region sent a division of troops to surround Kirkuk in February, it may have been a signal of the delicate balancing act to come when U.S. forces leave the disputed oil city.

Officially, the 10,000 or so peshmerga fighters were there to protec...

Iraq attacks kill five policemen, doctor

2011-07-22T16:30:17Z

Separate bomb and gun attacks on Friday killed five Iraqi policemen and a doctor and wounded 17 other people in Baghdad, Baquba north of the capital, and Kirkuk, security officials said.

In Baghdad's western Mansur district, a roadside bomb killed two policemen, including a captain, an interior ministry official said. Eight people were also wounded...

US forces 'attacking Iraq Shiites': Panetta

2011-07-11T09:30:20Z

American forces in Iraq are going after Iran-backed Shiite insurgents, who have killed 17 US soldiers in five weeks, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said in Baghdad on Monday.

"We have to unilaterally be able to go after those threats. We're do...

Death toll spikes for Iraqis, US troops

2011-07-01T13:30:55Z

Violence killed more Iraqis last month than at any time since September, figures showed on Friday after the US reported deaths that also made June the deadliest month for its troops in Iraq for three years.

The Baghdad government blames Al-Qaeda for most of the 271 de...

Attacks kill five US soldiers, 20 Iraqis

2011-06-06T13:30:23Z

Attacks killed five American soldiers and 20 Iraqis on Monday, the deadliest day for US forces in Iraq in more than two years, just months before all of them must withdraw.

The violence raises major doubts over Iraqi security capabilities ahead of a year-end deadline for the US pullout, with Washington pressing Baghdad<...

Attacks kill five in Iraq's disputed Kirkuk

2011-05-23T14:30:24Z

Violence in Iraq's disputed northern oil province of Kirkuk killed five people on Monday, the latest in a string of attacks in the region, as part of nationwide unrest that left nine dead.

The latest violence further raised tensions in Kirkuk, an ethnically mixed province that Kurdish leaders want to incorporate in their northern autonomous region despite opposition from its Arab and Turkmen communi...

Easter church blast wounds four in Baghdad

2011-04-24T16:30:28Z

A roadside bomb explosion wounded four people, including two policemen, near a small church in the Iraqi capital on Easter Sunday, medical and security officials said.

The bomb went off near the entrance of the Sacred Heart church, which is surrounded by concrete blast walls, near Tahriart Square in central Baghdad.

Two passing civilians and two policemen were wounded, an in...

Two US soldiers killed in Iraq: military

2011-04-23T13:30:14Z

Two American soldiers have been killed during a mission in southern Iraq, the US military said on Saturday.

The fatalities raised to 4,450 the number of US soldiers who have died in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion to oust Saddam Hussein, accordi...

Iraqi army bars burials at Iran rebel camp

2011-04-17T16:30:16Z

Iraq-based Iranian rebels who lost 34 members in a clash with the Iraqi army this month were barred from burying the dead at a cemetery inside their base, spokesmen for both sides said on Sunday.

The People's Mujahedeen of Iran (PMOI) wanted to bury the bodies at a graveyard within Camp Ashraf, which houses around 3,500 opponents of the ...

Iraq raided rebels under growing Iranian influence

2011-04-15T15:30:27Z

Last week's deadly Iraqi raid on an Iranian opposition base inside its territory signals the growing influence of neighbouring Iran, as US forces prepare to withdraw at the end of this year.

"Baghdad has no interest in taking a hostile attitude toward Iran, which is its most important neighbour, the major power in the region and the country with the greatest means to intervene in Iraq...

Iraq to decide on post-2011 US troops: Pentagon chief

2011-04-08T09:30:39Z

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that American forces were prepared to stay in any role beyond a scheduled pullout late this year, but time was running out for Iraq to ask.

Gates, who arrived in Baghdad late Wednesday on an unannounced visit, met with Pr...

US military says troops responded to Tikrit attack

2011-03-30T10:30:38Z

American forces rapidly responded to a brazen attack in Tikrit and some were lightly wounded, the US military said on Wednesday, as the Iraqi city buried the 58 who died in the previous day's concerted assault.

Gunmen dressed in military uniforms and suicide vests stormed a government building in former dictator ...

Iraq, U.S. officials say attack bore signs of Qaeda

2011-03-30T10:30:12Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bloody siege at a provincial council headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown in which 58 people were killed bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda militants, Iraqi and BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister vowed on Wednesday to punish those behind an attack on a provincial council headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown in which 58 people were killed after gunmen stormed in and took host...

Journalist for Reuters killed in Iraq attack

2011-03-29T09:00:09Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A freelance journalist who worked for Reuters was among at least 20 people killed on Tuesday when gunmen attacked a local government building in Tikrit, the hometown of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein<...

Baghdad blast kills Iraqi army general

2011-03-09T11:30:20Z

A roadside bomb attack in east Baghdad killed an Iraqi army general on Wednesday while violence across the capital wounded 13 people, including a US soldier, security officials said.

Brigadier General Taha Ahmed Samir, head of training for Iraq's nascent air force, was killed when a military convoy he was in ...

Iraq attack prompts refinery closure

2011-02-26T05:30:18Z

An attack on Iraq's biggest oil refinery early on Saturday left two engineers dead and one of its refining units badly damaged, prompting the facility to shut down, a senior official said.

The attack on the Baiji refinery, in Salaheddin province north of Baghdad, struck at around 4:30 am (0130 GMT) when gunmen stormed the installation, killed the engineers and planted bombs at the ref...

Iraq's largest oil refinery shut by bombing

2011-02-25T22:00:07Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's largest oil refinery was shut down on Saturday after militants carried out a bomb attack and set it on fire, the governor of Salahuddin province said.

The militants killed four people and planted bombs at product...

Biden visits Baghdad 'to celebrate progress'

2011-01-13T17:30:26Z

US Vice President Joe Biden came to Iraq on Thursday "to help Iraqis celebrate" progress, he said, while warning during his surprise visit that Baghdad's forces will continue to need American support.

Biden's arrival came during an unannounced tour of world hotspots that had previously taken him to Kabul, where he met Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the Iraqi capital for meetings with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other senior officials.

Gunmen kill five in their Iraq home: police

2011-01-07T15:30:36Z

Gunmen shot dead five people, including the sister of an Iraqi policeman, in their beds in a house northeast of Baghdad early on Friday, a police official said.

The gunmen killed the policeman's sister, her husband's mother and father, their daughter and a child in their house in Husseiniya northeast of the capital, the official said.

The policeman had called his sister, who did not answer the phone. He then went to the house and ...

Iraq marks army's 90th anniversary

2011-01-06T15:30:23Z

Iraq's army on Thursday marked the 90th anniversary of its 1921 founding with a huge military parade that included tanks and artillery weapons in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.

Commander-in-chief Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, standing on a small wooden platform at the foot of the imposing Tomb of the Unknown Soldi...

Three Iraqis, two US soldiers killed in Iraq

2011-01-03T14:30:53Z

Gun and bomb attacks killed three Iraqis and wounded 15 on Monday, security officials said, while the US military said two US soldiers had been killed, the first to die in Iraq this year.

A suicide car bomb exploded Monday morning outside a police intelligence office in Baq...

Bombs kill 2 children near their home in Iraq

2010-12-06T09:30:13Z

Bomb kills 2 children near their home in eastern Iraq

A police spokesman says two young children have been killed by a bomb planted near their home in eastern Iraq.

Diyala province police spokesman Maj. Ghalib al-Karkhi said two older siblings of the children killed were wounded in the Monday afternoon blast.

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2010-11-30T13:52:06Z

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2010-11-30T13:51:39Z

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2010-11-29T14:42:36Z

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The Petraeus Report (09/07): Progress in Iraq

2010-11-29T15:41:21Z

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Commentary: A country at war in Iraq, a nation at the mall

2010-11-29T15:41:19Z

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Car bombs wound 25 in Iraq's Kirkuk

2010-11-06T01:00:14Z

"At about 6 am (0300 GMT) three booby-trapped cars exploded simultaneously outside the homes of three officials of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in north Kirkuk, wounding 25 people," said Brigadier General Adel Zeinalabedine, a senior police commander in the city.

The PUK, a Kurdish former rebel movement, is led by Ira...

Bombs kill dozens as Iraqi Christians mourn

2010-11-02T13:01:21Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A series of bombs rocked mainly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens two days after al Qaeda militants staged a bloodbath when they took hostages in a Christian church.

The bombings occurred hours after a memorial service...

U.S. forces say up to 24 dead in Iraq church attack

2010-10-31T14:30:14Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military in Iraq said on Sunday that up to 24 people were killed in a church hostage taking incident in Baghdad, including up to 10 hostages.

It said in a statement that seven Iraqi security forces we...

Kurds threaten to boycott Iraq census

2010-10-20T11:31:09Z

"If a reference to ethnicity is removed from the questionnaire, the region of Kurdistan will probably not participate in the census," said Osman al-Senaidi, planning minister in the autonomous regional government.

"This matter not only concerns Kurd, but also Turkomans and other minorities," he said, adding that removing the question would be in "clear violation of the constitution."

Senaidi was react...

Kill Clan

2010-11-02T20:40:52Z

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A tribute to the American flag and the veterans that have defended it

2010-11-03T00:19:23Z

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Seven civilians killed in US-Iraqi raid

2010-09-15T09:16:31Z

Seven civilians were among 18 people killed in Iraq on Wednesday, shot dead as US and Iraqi troops tried to nab a top Al-Qaeda leader in Fallujah, sparking public anger in the former rebel base.

Two Iraqi soldiers were also killed in the firefight west of Fallujah, Iraqi officials said.

The raid was the latest sign that, while Washington declared an official end to combat operations in Iraq on September 1, US troops continue to conduct joint oper...

US troops help Iraqi military battle al-Qaida

2010-09-14T13:30:50Z

US troops help Iraqi military fight al-Qaida north of Baghdad; 5 Iraqi personnel killed

The U.S. military says American troops have helped Iraqi security forces battle suspected al-Qaida militants north of Baghdad. Iraqi officials say five Iraqi troops were killed in the two-day operation.

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Four Qaeda prisoners escape US custody at Iraq prison

2010-09-09T08:15:46Z

Four senior Al-Qaeda detainees escaped from a US-controlled section of a tightly guarded prison near Baghdad overnight, Iraqi and American military forces said on Thursday.

"Four senior members of Al-Qaeda escaped from Cropper prison on Wednesday evening," said Baghdad security spokesma...

Iraq police arrest brother of US soldiers' killer

2010-09-08T01:20:39Z

Iraqi police on Wednesday arrested the brother of an Iraqi soldier who was shot dead after gunning down two American troops following a row, security officials said.

Tuesday's shooting led to the first US military fatalities in Iraq since Washington declared an officia...

Two US troops gunned down by Iraqi comrade after sports row

2010-09-07T14:20:55Z

Two American soldiers were killed on Tuesday when an Iraqi army comrade opened fire after an argument over a sports match, the first US deaths since Washington declared an end to combat operations here.

The shooting, which also left nine American soldiers wounded, happened at the Iraq's Al-Saadiq Air Base near the city of Al-Qaida front group claims responsibility for weekend attack in Baghdad that killed 12

An al-Qaida front group is claiming responsibility for a weekend attack in the heart of Baghdad that killed 12 people.

In a statement posted on a militant website Tuesday, the Islamic State of Iraq

Sunni and Shiite Iraqi journalists talk about war

2010-09-04T09:20:49Z

Kidnappings, bombs, death threats: 2 Iraqi journalists, Sunni and Shiite, talk about the war

As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and one Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and record the war. The accounts are translated and edited.

Iraqi army needs US help: commanders

2010-09-02T06:20:45Z

Iraq cannot yet sustain its army despite having managed to quell a violent insurgency, US and local commanders told AFP, raising the prospect that American troops will stay on beyond 2011.

US military advisers described myriad inefficiencies and problems, from hospitals that lacked medics and de...

Bus accident kills 10 Iranian pilgrims in Iraq

2010-09-10T15:41:48Z

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US ends Iraq combat mission with Biden in Baghdad

2010-08-31T03:15:44Z

The US military was preparing to end its Iraq combat mission on Tuesday as Vice President Joe Biden met the war-torn nation's leaders in Baghdad after seven years of fighting that cost thousands of lives.

A major troop pullout in past months has...

US ends combat mission in Iraq as Biden in Baghdad

2010-08-31T02:16:03Z

A major troop pullout in past months has...

US troops in Iraq fall below Obama's 50,000 mark

2010-08-24T14:16:01Z

US troop numbers in Iraq fell below 50,000 on Tuesday, a week ahead of an official end to America's combat mission, as a poll cast doubt on the timing of the pullout and warned of negative consequences.

The news comes as a spike in unrest over the past two months has triggered concern that Iraqi forces are not yet ready to handle security on their own, and with no new government formed in Baghdad ...

US Military Camps in Iraq

2010-11-02T14:35:45Z

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Three farmers killed in central Iraq attack

2010-08-18T13:15:46Z

Three farmers were killed and leaflets pinned to their bodies Wednesday, warning against cooperation with American and Iraqi forces in a brutal act of intimidation as thousands of US troops leave.

The attack came a day after a suicide bombing at an army recruitment centre in Baghdad killed 59 people, most of them prospective soldiers, in the bloodiest attack in

Three farmers among six killed in Iraq unrest

2010-08-18T04:15:49Z

Three murdered farmers whose bodies bore leaflets warning against cooperation with US and Iraqi forces were among six people killed in violence in Iraq on Wednesday, security officials said.

The attack came a day after a suicide bomb at an army recruitment centre in Baghdad killed 59 people, most of them prospective soldiers, in the bloodie...

Six killed in Iraq violence

2010-08-18T03:15:25Z

Six people were killed, including three whose bodies bore leaflets warning against cooperation with US and Iraqi forces, in violence in Iraq on Wednesday, security officials said.

In the deadliest attack, three Shiite Muslims were shot dead outside their home in the village of Rabiyah, northeast of Baghdad in central BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in the center of the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding another 21, a police source said.

The explosion occurred in a busy area of Ramadi, which is about 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, the Iraqi capital.

"There is a car bomb beside a restau...

U.S. forces in Iraq have a new task: to implement a collection of toy guns for sugar

2010-09-09T18:22:24Z

With the improved security situation in Iraq, U.S. troops in Iraq, adding a new task: collection of toy guns, to prevent mistakenly children as fighters. For the same concerns in Iraq have released 12 British public safety notice requiring the parents to prohibit their children to play toy guns in the streets.
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Gunmen and bombs kill 12 in Iraq

2010-08-03T17:16:10Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Attackers killed at least 12 people and wounded 31 in a series of shootings and explosions across Iraq on Thursday, police and hospital sources said.

In Baghdad, gunmen killed three soldiers using silenced guns in the mainly Sunni district of Adhamiya in the north o...

Five killed in Iraq attacks: officials

2010-08-02T03:15:34Z

Bomb attacks Monday in Baghdad and a town in western Anbar province killed five people and wounded seven, officials said, amid a surge in Iraq violence linked to stalled efforts to form a government.

A bomb at a bus shelter in the southern Baghdad district of Shurta killed two people and wounded four, an official at the interior ministry ...

In Iraq, US military chief touts 'stunning' progress

2010-07-27T12:15:51Z

The US military's top officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, on Tuesday said a planned drawdown of US troops in Iraq was on track, citing "stunning" progress in security over the past three years.

Before arriving in Baghdad, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff told re...

Iraqi forces still frail as US troops head home

2010-07-25T21:30:12Z

Despite years of training, funding, Iraqi forces still struggling as US turns over mission

When the U.S. ends its combat mission in Iraq five weeks from now, the nation's safety will be in the hands of its homegrown, American-trained security forces. The army is almost up to the job, the police are hit-and-miss, and the Kurdish militia is nowhere close to ready.

Iraq's volatile north still a powder keg as US exits

2010-07-25T02:15:44Z

As US troops withdraw from Iraq, a large swath of the oil-rich north coveted by the Kurdish regional government remains a powder keg that threatens to explode in violence, experts here say.

Since the 2003 invasion, US forces have managed to keep an uneasy peace in the ethnically diverse area, home to Turkmen, Kurds and Arabs -- including many forced to resettle there under Saddam Hussein...

Iraq arrests 3 suspected Qaeda leaders: ministry

2010-07-25T02:15:40Z

Authorities have arrested three suspected senior leaders of Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq, including its self-styled minister of defence, a spokesman said on Sunday.

Also among the group detained were two brothers suspected of masterminding major attacks in the central Iraqi province of Diyala, defence ministry spokesman US government were killed in a rocket attack on Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone on Thursday, the American embassy said.

Five other people were killed in incidents in northern Iraq's main city of Mosul and the former rebel bastion of Mosul, north of Baghdad, police said.

One victim was Sheikh Abd Fathi al-Naimi, the imam of the Al-Areej mosque, in the Zinjili area of the city.

In another attack, gunmen killed a man and wounded a policeman and a woman in th...

Briton killed in north Iraq attack: embassy

2010-07-19T12:15:33Z

A Briton was killed in an attack on a private security firm's convoy in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, British government officials said.

"One British national was killed today during an attack against a convoy in east Mosul," British embassy spokeswoman Sophie Farrell tol...

US army hands over last prison in Iraq

2010-07-15T09:17:00Z

The US army handed control of Camp Cropper prison to Iraqi authorities on Thursday, effectively ending one of the most controversial chapters of the seven-year-long American military occupation.

Cropper, west of Baghdad and now holding 1,600 detainees, opened ...

At least 11 dead in Iraq attacks

2010-07-13T05:15:51Z

At least 11 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, including three by a device which blew up in a mock coffin during a demonstration, security officials said.

Dozens of people took part in the protest in Khales, 65 kilometres (40 miles) north of Baghdad, to demand stiff penalties for the perpetrators of anti-Shiite attacks in the city, the local security operations command ...

At least six dead in Iraq attacks

2010-07-13T03:16:17Z

At least six people were killed in bomb attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, including a device which blew up in a mock coffin during a demonstration, security sources said.

The de...

Four dead in Iraq violence

2010-07-11T12:15:39Z

Gunmen shot dead two policemen in the main northern city of Mosul on Sunday while a soldier and a pro-government militiaman were killed in separate attacks, security sources said.

Gunmen opened fire at the policemen in the central Zangili neighbourhood of Mosul and then fled, the police said. Outside the city, on the road to Baghdad, another soldier was wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself...

Suicide bomber kills five in Baghdad: ministry

2010-07-09T03:16:11Z

A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle at an Iraqi army checkpoint in Baghdad on Friday killing five people, including three soldiers, and wounding 18 others, an interior ministry official said.

The attack struck at 7:00 am (0400 GMT) in Ghazaliyah, a Sunni majority neighbourhood and former stronghold of insurgents in the west of the capital.

Although overall levels of violence in

Overcoming taboo, Iraq turns to dogs to fight bombs

2010-07-02T07:00:29Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A "dirty dozen" bomb-sniffing dogs whose canine nature makes them taboo in the Arab world is helping to win over Iraqis to the idea dogs are man's best friend -- especially when the animal saves your life.

At Baghdad's police training college, some of the 12 Alsatians and other breeds now deployed as bomb sniffers in the capital speak to the cultural a...

Eight killed in Iraq bombings

2010-06-29T02:16:45Z

A suicide bomber killed five people in northern Iraq on Tuesday as bombs in the capital Baghdad killed three people, including an Iraqi general, security officials said.

The suicide attack in the refinery and power station town of Baiji targeted a police patrol and also wounded 18 people, police in the Salaheddin provincial capital of Tikrit told AFP.

Suicide bombs kill 33 in Iraq, officials say

2010-06-20T18:30:24Z

Suicide bombs kill 33 in Iraq as insurgents seek to take advantage of political deadlock

Suicide bombers in a crowded Baghdad commercial district and Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit killed as many as 33 people Sunday as insurgents tried to turn a monthslong deadlock over fo...

Iraq

2010-12-28T09:30:31Z

An Iraqi policeman stands guard while hundreds of vehicles are in queue, waiting to be searched, at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. Security officials are investigating the possibility of removing some of the hundreds of checkpoints across the city, in a sign of the improving security situation. The checkpoints are designed to catch insurgents, but they also slow down traffic in the alrea...

Iraq US Troops Christmas

2010-12-24T14:01:10Z

U.S .troops are seen lighting candles during a Christmas Eve mass in a chapel at an American base in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Iraq Security

2010-12-21T08:03:13Z

Iraqi police officers are seen at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. The Iraqi government tightened its security measures as Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved a new government to be headed by incumbent Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (AP Photo/Hadi M...

Iraq Violence

2010-12-20T06:30:43Z

Iraqi security forces stand guard as a damaged vehicle is towed away after a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. A roadside bomb missed a passing police patrol in Baghdad's central commercial area of Karrada, wounded several civilians, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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